Joo H. Kim

Associate Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Dr. Joo H. Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University (NYU). Dr. Kim directs the Applied Dynamics and Optimization Laboratory with fundamental disciplinary areas in multibody system dynamics, optimization theory and algorithms, and design and control of engineering and biological systems. His group’s research for application includes robots and machines, biomechanical systems, and their intersections such as powered exoskeletons and prostheses, with particular interest in nonlinear programming, contact optimization, machine and human energetics, and balance and gait stability. Dr. Kim’s research has been sponsored by NSF, NASA, NYU, and industry. He received a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering in 2006, M.S. degrees in mathematics, mechanical engineering, and biomedical engineering, all from the University of Iowa, and a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. Before joining NYU in 2009, he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Center for Computer-Aided Design at the University of Iowa. Dr. Kim is a member of ASME and IEEE, and has organized numerous symposia and sessions in international conferences. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor for the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the Tutorials and Workshops Chair for the 2016 ASME IDETC/CIE conferences in Charlotte, NC, USA. Dr. Kim is the recipient of several awards and honors, including the 2007 Top Government Technology of the Year Award from the State of Iowa, the 2014 Advanced Modeling and Simulation Best Paper Award from the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division, and the 2015 Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator Award from the ASME Design Engineering Division.

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